News Granite joint venture to replace Michigan bridge A joint venture between Californian contractor Granite and civil engineer Kraemer North America has won a $113m project from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to remove and replace the…
News 15 dead, many missing after highway bridge collapse in China Rescuers have now found the bodies of 15 people who died when a highway bridge collapsed in flash floods in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Xinhua reports. Many are still missing…
News Bechtel picked for Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 plant in Texas Sempra Infrastructure has awarded Bechtel Energy a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project in Texas, intended to increase LNG exports. The value…
News Work starts on New York City’s first offshore wind terminal Norway-headquartered energy developer Equinor last month broke ground on a project to turn New York City’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a construction hub for Equinor’s first US offshore wind…
News Deck completed on Gordie Howe Bridge between Canada and US Work has been completed on the 2.5km-long deck of the Gordie Howe cable-stayed bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit. The bridge, which spans the Detroit river, is being built by…
News New York offshore wind could give hydrogen below $2/kg, say researchers Wind farms off the coast of New York could power green hydrogen production at below $2 a kilogram by 2030, say researchers at the US state-funded National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
News Bechtel to oversee BART’s Silicon Valley Phase 2 extension The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has picked Bechtel to provide construction management services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II, a six-mile extension with…
News Skanska wins $596m contract to replace Albany’s old swinging bridge Skanska has signed a $596m contract with the New York State Department of Transportation to replace the 122-year-old Livingston Avenue railway bridge in Albany, the capital of New York state.…
News Tutor Perini to stabilise Alcatraz American contractor Tutor Perini has won a $49m deal from the US National Park Service to improve structural deficiencies at Alcatraz’s main building. The prison-turned-tourist-attraction is located on an island…
News Netflix to open permanent entertainment venues in refurbished department stores Netflix has announced plans to refurbish two former department stores in Pennsylvania and Texas, creating “Netflix Houses”. Both the King of Prussia mall in Upper Merion Township and the Galleria…
News AtkinsRéalis to work on commercial fusion reactor in Tennessee Canadian construction company AtkinsRéalis has been appointed by Tennessee-based fusion power developer Type One Energy to work on the concept design of its pilot plant. Teams from the UK and…
News Hensel Phelps lands Department of Energy contract for €1.8bn physics project Colorado-based contractor Hensel Phelps has been selected as construction manager and general contractor for a Department of Energy project at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, part of America’s…
News 240m-tall Helmut Jahn skyscraper completed in Chicago Work has been completed in Chicago on the 1000M skyscraper, one of the last buildings to be designed by German–American architect Helmut Jahn, who passed away at the age of…
News NYC’s building department wins prize for first design-build job New York City’s Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced today that its first design-and-build project was named project of the year at the Construction Management Association of America’s awards…
News Widow of Philadelphia construction worker awarded $68m in compensation A jury in Philadelphia has ordered that the widow of a construction worker should receive compensation of $68.5m after it found his death was due to negligence. Siarhei Marhunou, 38,…
News Tutor Perini joint venture to build $1.3bn moveable Connecticut bridge A joint venture between Tutor Perini and O&G has won a $1.3bn contract to build a moveable, 1,500ft-long replacement for the Connecticut River Bridge. Located between Old Saybrook and Old…
News Foster unveils designs for California high speed rail stations Foster + Partners has released its designs for four stations in the Central Valley section of California’s Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail line. The station, which were designed in conjunction…
News Turner begins work on $900m Pennsylvania hospital expansion Ground has broken on a $900m expansion of the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Centre in Wilkes-Barre, northeast Pennsylvania. The scheme is being overseen by Turner Construction and designed by Francis…